Sloan, diagnosed in early 2019 with Stage 4 anaplastic thyroid cancer, died Monday afternoon through medical assistance.

The Trudeau government is launching public consultations today on how best to respond to a court ruling that concluded it's unconstitutional to allow only Canadians who are already near death to seek medical assistance to end their suffering.

The Quebec government hopes to expand the criteria for the province's medically assisted dying law and plans to hold public consultations on the issue in the coming months.

The bill, which has now passed first reading, was introduced in the legislature by Peace River United Conservative Party MLA Dan Williams.

Alberta politicians are to debate the role of conscience rights and the responsibilities of physicians asked to assist or advise on abortions, contraception or medically assisted deaths.

"It’s too hard for me now," Marieke Vervoort said in 2017 when addressing her plans to die through legal euthanasia.

St. Martha's Regional Hospital was previously exempt from assisted dying services under a 1996 agreement between the Nova Scotia government and the Sisters of St. Martha.

Federal leaders were asked to comment on the Quebec ruling while on the campaign trail on Thursday.

Two Quebecers who were successful in getting a court to invalidate sections of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying want the issue to be given a prominent place on the federal campaign trail.

The two laws stating who is entitled to medical assistance in dying were deemed too restrictive by Justice Christine Baudouin.